Polishing device.



B. M. SCHAUMAN.

POLISHING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1o, 1909.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

WIM/8858:

"UNET Eli STAE@ PATENT @FEQE BROR M. SGHAUMAN, OF ASTORIA, NEW' YORK,ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO JONAS LUXENBUBG AND ONE-THIRD TO BERNHARDSCHLEGEL, OF ASTORIA, NEVI YORK.

POLISHING DEVICE.

following is a specifica-tion, such as will enable those skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means or devices for polishing knives andforks; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of thisclass which is simple in construction and operation, and by means ofwhich both knives and forks may be quickly and easily polished; and withthis and other objects in view the invention consists in a polishingdevice of the class specified `constructed as hereinafter described andclaimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure l is a sectional side view of myimproved polishing device, Fig. 2 a plan view thereof, F ig. 3 a crosssection on the line 3 3 of Fig. l, andg-Fig. t a View similar to Fig. l,but showing only one end portion of the device and a modificationthereof.

My improved polishing device comprises a base member a and a top memberZ) which is pivoted on the base member at c and adapted to oscillatethereon. One end of the base member a is pan-shaped in form as shown atc2, and the other end comprises a raised horizontal table portion ashaving a downwardly directed end member at, and the end c7 of the panmember a2 opposite the end a4 of the part a3 is curved outwardly anddownwardly as shown at a5, and the side walls o@ of the pan member a2are higher than the end portions c? and as thereof, and the sides of theraised table portion a3 are also provided with raised side anges a whichare continuous with the side walls a of the pan member a? and preferablyless in height than said side walls.

The top part b comprises a front box portion b2 open at the top andbottom and a horizontal rear end portion b3' having alongitudinal topopening b4 and downwardly Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 10, 1909.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

Serial No. 495,623.

directed side flanges b5 which fit within the side walls a of the panmember c2 as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and the front end of the boxmember b2 is open as shown at o and provided with a downwardly,forwardly and upwardly curved plate 297.

A flexible cushioned polisher Z composed of leather, cloth or anyothersuitable material is connected with the bottom of the plate l bymeans of hooks Z2 connected with said polisher and adapted to engage thefront and back edges of said plate, or this connection may be made inany desired manner. Another flexible polisher c consisting of a strip ofleather, cloth or any other suitable material is placed on the top ofthe raised table portion a3 of the bottom member c, and the rear endthereof is de tachably secured in the front end of the pan member a2 bymeans of hooks or other devices as shown at e2, and the front endthereof is detachably connected with the bottom of the downwardlydirected part at of the table member a3 by means of hooks or otherdevices as shown at e3.

The rear end portion of the horizontal part b3 of the top member l) isprovided with a transverse downwardly curved portion 58 whichcorresponds with the part c5, and said parts a5 and bs forminter-operating polishing jaws, and the part o7 of the top part b formsa similar polishing jaw which operates in connection with the front endportion of the table member a3 of the bottom part a.

A' flexible polishing strip or sheet f similar to the polishing stripsor sheets Z and c is placed on and detachably connected with thepolishing jaw a5, one. end thereof being secured in the rear end portionof the pan member a2 by means of hooks or other devices as shown at f2the other end portion thereof being connected with the outer transverseedge of the jaw member a5 by hooks or similar devices as shown at f3.The horizontal back portion b3 of the top member b of the polishingdevice is also provided with a bottom flexible polishing strip or sheetg one end of which extends upwardly into the boX member b2 and isdetachably connected with the rear wall thereof by means of hooks orsimilar devices g2, and the rear end thereof is folded over the jaw bsand detachably secured to the rear part b3 of the top member b of thedevice by hooks or other devices as shown at g3, and the polishing stripor sheet g is preferably made of two or more thicknesses and is slittedlongiw tudinally as shown at g4 in Figs. 2 and 3 so as to divide saidpolishing strip or sheet into longitudinal parts or members gf.

In practice, a suitable polishing powder 7i is placed in the pan memberc2 and a block z' of sapolio or any other suitable or preferred scouringmaterial is placed in the box member b2 and rests on the polishing stripor sheet e.

In Fig. l of the accompanying drawing I have indicated at the handle ofa knife, and in polishing the blade of a knife the said blade isinserted, as shown in Fig. 1, between the polishing jaws o7 and thefront art of the raised table member a3 which orms a counter jaw, andthe front end or box member b2 of the top part I) of the device togetherwith the block z' of polishing material is forced downwardly and theblade of a knife moved back and forth beneath the block z' and betweenthe polishing` jaw b? and the front part of the raised table member a3,and in this operation the knife is turned over so that both sidesthereof will come in contact with the block z' and with the polishingstrips or sheets cl and e as will be readily understood. I have alsoshown at m2 and w3 in Fig. l the tines and shank of a fork, and inpolishing the fork, the tines and shank thereof are inserted between thejaws a5 and b3 and into the polishing powder 7L and the fork is movedback and forth so that the shank and tines will be polished by the jawsa5 and bs on the opposite sides thereof, and in this operation thehandle of the fork may be depressed and the tines m2 raised so that theywill pass through the polishing strip, sheet or device g as clearlyshown in dotted lines in F ig. l, and the adjacent faces of the tines ofthe fork will be polished as will be readily understood. In theoperation of polishing the knife, the front end or box member b2 of thetop part Z) of the device is depressed together with the block z' ashereinbefore described, and in polishing the fork the rear -end of thetop part I) is depressed as will be understood.

In Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawing I have shown a modification of thefront part of the top portion b of the device. In this modification Iplace in the box member b2 a supplemental box j adapted to receive apolishing powder y', and in the construction shown the bottom of the boxj is provided with apertures ja, and placed in the front portion of thebox y' is a slide member 7c having a bottom 7a2 adapted to cover theapertures js, and the slide member 7c is provided with a pin 7c3 whichpasses forwardly through the opening in the boX member Z22, and mountedon said pin is a spiral spring /64 one end of which is secured to theslide member /c and the other to the front- Wall of Y the box y', and bypressing on the outer end of the pin 7c3 the slide member r; will bemoved backwardly or inwardly and the apertures in the bottom of the boxy' will be opened and the powder jg in said box will fail through saidapertures onto the polishing strip or sheet e, and by means of thisconstruction I am enabled to use a polishing powder jg as a substitutefor the block z' of polishing material.

It will be understood that the sheets or strips d, c, f and g which formthe polishing surfaces of the different polishing jaws b?, e, a and 79Sform polishing pads, and these pads may be composed of leather, cloth orany suitable fibrous material.

By pivoting the top part b of my improved polishing device at c, thesaid top part is rendered capable of the oscillatory or vibratorymovement hereinbefore referred to,'but my invention is not limited tothe exact form of construction herein shown and described foraccomplishing this result and various changes in and modificationsthereof together with similar changes and modifications in the otherparts of the device as herein shown and described may be made, withinthe scope of the appended claims without departing from theV spiritl ofmy invention or sacrificing its advantages.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A polishing' device of the class described comprising base and topmembers, one end of the base member being provided with a pan orreceptacle at the outer end of which is a raised polishing jaw, theother end of the base member being provided with a longitudinal raisedportion forming an elongated polishing jaw, the top member being adaptedto oscillate in a vertical plane and the end portions thereof beingprovided with polish? ing jaws which correspond with and co-act with thepolishing jaws of the base member, and the end of the top portion overthe elongated polishing jaw of the base member being also provided withmeans for holding the polishing substance.

2. A polishing device of the class described comprising base and topmembers, the top member being adapted to oscillate in a vertical plane,said base member being provided at both ends with polishing jaws one ofwhich is elongated, and the top portion being provided at both ends withpolishing jaws, the base member being also provided at one end with apan or receptacle adapted to hold the polishing powder, and the topmember being provided at the opposite end with a box-shaped receptacleopen at the top and bottom and adapted to receive a polishing material.

3. Apolishing device of the class described comprising base and topmembers, the top member being adapted to oscillate in a vertcal plane,said base member being provided at both ends with polishing jaws one ofwhich is elongated, and the top portion be ing provided at both endswith polishing jaws, the base member being also provided at one end witha pan or receptacle adapted to hold the polishing powder, and the topmember being provided at the opposite end with a box-shaped receptacleopen at the top and bottom and adapted to receive a polishing material,all the polishing aws of the device being provided on their operatingfaces with detachable flexible fibrous sheets forming pads.

4. A polishing device of the class described comprising a bottom memberand a top member, said top member being adapted to oscillate in avertical plane, and both of said members being provided at theiropposite ends with polishing jaws having detachable polishing pads, thebottom member being provided in one end portion thereof with areceptacle and the opposite end portion thereof being raised to form thejaw of said member at said end, said jaw being elongated, and the topmember being provided over said jaw with means for holding a polishingmaterial.

5. A polishing device of the class described comprising top and bottommembers, the top member being adapted to oscillate longitudinally in avertical plane, said'members being provided at both ends with polishingjaws, and the bottom member being provided in one end portion thereofwith a pan or receptacle, the top member over said pan or receptaclebeing provided with an opening below which is a flexible polishing paddevice which is slitted longitudinally.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 3rd day of May 1909.

BROR M. SCHAUMAN.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. R. CANFIELD.

